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Mr. DILLON. My friend, the trouble with you is just the trouble with 

 that 



Mr. TILLINGHAST. There is no trouble with me. 



Mr. DILLON. Well, then, the trouble with that dealer to whom I 

 referred when I was in the field. Now, you tempt the dealer by a little 

 profit of 8 cents a pound to violate the laws of the State, and to sell this 

 product for what it is not. We come in now with this 10-cent tax, and 

 we remove that temptation from the dealer, and then you can not bribe 

 him in that way. 



Mr. TILLINGKEAST. Well, you would not remove the temptation to 

 sell it as butter at 35 and 40 cents a pound, would you ? 



Mr. DILLON. We are talking about the average product of butter. 



The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Gentlemen, I think we will take a recess 

 here until the regular time. 



(The committee thereupon took a recess until 2.30 o'clock p. m.) 



At the expiration of the recess the committee resumed its session. 



Mr. SCHELL. Mr. Chairman, I would like to state that I have from 

 my client, Mr. Seither, of Cleveland, Ohio, a list of 1,083 consumers 

 who buy direct from the factory. They want to enter their protest of 

 record, and he has sent the names to put in. There is no use of encum- 

 bering the record, but I can furnish their letters, if necessary. 



Senator ALLEN. You may condense it in such form as you want and 

 omit the list of names. 



Mr. SCHELL. I will just let a note be taken of the number of con- 

 sumers who wish to go on record' as opposed to this bill from this one 

 particular locality. 



Senator ALLEN. Are you ready to proceed, Mr. Davis! 



Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Jelke, who represents one of the Chicago industries, 

 desires to be heard by the committee, and suggests that perhaps as 

 my argument is to be of a legal character almost exclusively the com- 

 mittee might prefer to hear him first and let me follow him this afternoon. 



Mr. JELKE. My address will be short. It will not take much time. 



Senator ALLEN. I do not think it makes very much difference who 

 comes first. Just condense your argument as much as possible. 



Mr. JELKE. I will try to do so. I shal* perhaps find it somewhat 

 difficult to make myself clearly understood in a matter that is of vital 

 importance to me without these memoranda. I am altogether a man 

 of detail. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN F. JELKE, REPRESENTING BRAUN & FITTS, 



OF CHICAGO, ILL. 



Senator ALLEN. You may give your name and place of residence, 

 Mr. Jelke. 



Mr. JELKE. John F. Jelke, vice-president of Braun & Fitts, Chicago. 



Senator ALLEN. What is their business? 



Mr. JELKE. Manufacturers of oleomargarine. 



Senator ALLEN. You may proceed. 



Mr. JELKE. I am a manufacturer of oleomargarine, and represent a 

 lifetime of effort in building up a business which is in the same line of 

 progress that all other improvements and developments have been that 

 have become necessary by the increasing population of the world. All 

 progress, in whatever line, has been stubbornly fought and hindered 

 by individuals and associations, who, through selfish motives, opposed 

 what ultimately turned out to be for the benefit of the large majority. 

 For instance, there was an antifast mail party in England in the time 



